Tutorial - Upside down Planters

Indoor Gardening - Upside Down Planters

Apartment living is at times a big problem for plant lovers. No space to keep your lovely plants, but upside down planter is an another mid blowing solution, And I LOVED it.....

There are other benefits for upside planters, Planters can be made from old house hold items, second these are self watering planter, so next time you are on a vacation do not worry about watering plants. third pest do not attack the plants as frequently. :) 

Materials Required:

-Can/Plastic Bottles               -Wire for Hanger           -Fabric Scrap ( For decoration)
-Scissors and knife                - hair dyer,                     -Plants                                            -Wire cutters
- Nail (Making Pores)           -Potting soil                   - Coffee filters or Fabric scrap,       -Tape

Plants: Only specific plants can be used in a upside down planter like; ivies, begonias, and nasturtiums. In herbs: Basil, Mint, oregano and tomatoes. 

Using Plastic Bottles for the preparation of Up Side Down Planter:

Step 1: Clean, Wash and Dry your old coke bottle

Step 2: By a sharp knife cut the mouth and the bottom of the bottle. Keep the bottom to use as water reservoir for the plant.

Step 3: Use Hair dyer to soft the mouth part of the bottle. once its soft with the help of thumb fold the mouth in inward direction. On the outer side of the inward section, make some small holes with the help of pin, to provide air to the soil and roots.

Step 4: With the help of a nail make small hole in the cutout bottom of bottle, Holes will help the water to drain down.

Step 5: Trace the bottom of the bottom on a coffee filter paper or Landscape fabric, or thick cloth and cut the circle. cut a small hole at the center of the paper, to hold the plant and soil. And cut a slit from inside hole to the outer for easily fitting the plant in the cloth.

Step 6: Remove all the dirt from the plant root, place it in the cloth and slowly fit it in the moth of the bottle. Th cloth would help in not breaking the roots. Spread the cloth from the other side of the bottle. Now it would act as a wall for the soil for not leaking.

Step 7: From the other side fill the potting soil in the bottle and fix the bottom of the bottle back into the bottle and fix it with the tape.

Step 8: You can paint the bottle and decorate.

Step 9: For Hanging: Use strings or a wire, fold it into 'C' Shape and fix in the bottle by making two hole either side for hanging.